11 Feb 1913
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Newspaper
Winchester The Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1913
Page
1
Seventy sticks of dynamite found under rails in Paint Creek district as a plan to derail a militia train. Journal reports arrests include Socialist leader J F Parsons and mentions deaths in the strike area as militia patrols restore quiet.
The Black Patti company of players arrived at noon in a private car with the original Sisseretta Jones. A large advance sale has secured many seats for tonight's Auditorium performance, including many bought by white patrons.
A local notice offers 40 cents per pound for butter fat in milk and 36 cents per pound for butter fat in cream, with delivery in February. The notice is signed by J. Ss. Haldeman.
Overnight clash near Muck Dow in Kanawha County leaves miners vowing not to surrender while organizing armed resistance. State militia, comprising five companies, moves to quell the trouble after early morning reports of heavy arms and ammunition.
Daily charges against Malcolm Levy, former window decorator and funeral director, shrink to a final sum of $500 owed to the City of Staunton. The Londoner, long supported by a made up wife and a linked family, faces the last chapter of a longstanding, murky saga in that Virginia town.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad awarded Edward Brady & Sons of Baltimore a contract to build a subway at Harpers Ferry to connect the station with shelter sheds. Work to begin immediately and finish as promptly as possible. The 7 by 8 foot passage will run about 70 feet beneath the tracks with stairs to the waiting room and shelter sheds, plus station improvements to fit the entrance.
Information for Rouss Garage offers daily trips between Winchester and Berryville. Depart Winchester Hotel Evans at 8:00 a.m. and Berryville Battletown Inn at 10:00 a.m. Reliable chauffeur W. M. Price provides the service with contact phones listed.
Advertisement notes private sale of mahogany furniture each afternoon this week at 207 S Stewart Street. Includes poultry and eggs cash on delivery and butter fat 36 cents per pound with a station operator Ash ey Sprint referenced.
The nineteenth annual banquet of the Cahnney Rouss Fire Company in Winchester celebrates the late Charles Broadway Rouss. Tickets sell fast at 50 cents for a meal described as worth triple the price, with speeches by prominent Virginians and a formal procession to the Rouas engine house.
J. L. Wilson, former head of the American restaurant on North Main, reports the death of his sister Mrs Mamie Hudson widow of Paul C Hudson at her Atlanta Georgia home last Wednesday. She died of heart disease while a stimulant was being given. She leaves no children and is survived by brothers J L Wilson of Winchester Clifton Wilson of California and Eugene Wilson and sister Lelia Redwine of Atlanta.
Fragmentary OCR lists Dr Armistead Debie of the Falver sky of Virginia and Henry C Stuart associated with Fredericksburg State Normal School faculty.
Expressions of sympathy pour in from nations as the British naval captain Scott and four companions perish freezing at the South Pole after reaching the pole on January 18 1912. The Geographical Society relayed the loss announced by Douglas Freshfield and noted Amundsen had preceded them at the pole. A message from King George was read.
George W. Taylor reports severe hand infection from a rusty nail healed within three days of using Amyl-Kijo from Amyl-Kijo Chemical Co. He says the swelling and fever subsided and two carbuncles disappeared. Advertisement appears amid a local note about a found key at the Star office.
Madero returns to the capital and directs federal troops from the roof of the national palace as a decisive battle looms with rebels led by Gen. Felix Diaz. U S ships Virginia and Georgia head to Vera Cruz with 200 more marines. Colorado and South Dakota sail to Acapulco and Mazatlan as Washington emphasizes protecting Americans.
Cloudy and colder in the western portion tonight. Wednesday will be fair and colder with conditions improving across the state.
The Senate approved the Webb liquor bill on February 11 replacing the Kenyon-Sheppard measure. It targets bootleggers by prohibiting shipments of intoxicants across state lines to violate the receiving state’s laws. President Taft reportedly plans a veto, stirring partisan reaction among lawmakers.
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